Distance: 4.8 km (1.5 DOC hours) - Road - Easy terrain
Altitude: 1006m to 1129m. Gain: 306m. Loss: 275m . Gradient: 7 deg (Gentle)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

Road (1/9)
Formed road, 4WD track, etc

Primary, mapped (1/5)
Formal route, on maps, principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

Easy (difficulty: 1/5)
Grass / prepared surface

Alpine weather (difficulty: 2/7)
Tramp on open tops, exposed to alpine weather

None (difficulty: 1/6)
No unbridged river crossings

Snow/ice underfoot (difficulty: 2/7)
Snow/ice likely on track

An easy but long walk along the 4WD Takaparui Road from its southern end to Travers Hut. A journey through an endless expanse of leatherleaf, with views over the Tararua district and Manawatu.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

An easy but long walk along the 4WD Takaparui Road from Travers Hut to it's southern end. Note that tracks to Forks Hut start 300m beyond the end of the graveled road. A journey through an endless expanse of leatherleaf, with views over the Tararua district and Manawatu.